Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-31
I'VE STOCK NOTES.
+ andrews Gives His views Il
l'vstt Louis on the Texas Drive
~ and the Future.
-.t,s New Stock Tards-A Texas
'' n.sler on the Hide ouestion.Levied
p'a the Rsnge-odds and Ends.

linen coming into Fort Worth
s;0. - I,srts of the state. report the
IN o. IS still goo y, but admit that it is
SEC - nkinder dry" and that q general
1 Z. you'd De blessing
Templeton, for the Merchants
J: :s - 5aIk of this city, and Colonel
~ Enntsr, for the State Nation i bank
~ ~. I rs1ge leyies yesterday on cattle Ia
Gus 5s IS county belong to Curtis & A.
-. tbe well known Henrietta stock
o..g.te the fact inst cattle are lower
Dt ,5ev have been for seventeen years,
y ~. ma opinion Of some of the sh-ewdesJ
-. nat they are bound to take an
- turn ere long, and that now IS
laden opportunity" to make in
r:.:nsnts'
-. Standard Cattle Company, which
,oroed out Of tie Indian Territory
80 Presidents order, started the
-,rt Of lis herd, 1000 head of stock
=. r.tca-eG up this spring, TO
l.--,i6r last week. This company &C.
M range nearly thirty miles square
he T.tIitorY, adjoining Wheeler
@-1E
~r,s Sockmsn and Farmer: In spite
30 sngyei haite7s the run of beef to
-,.-ar viii nor be so great next year.
-. meantime, the increase Of popula-
- ,aes on, business revives, the work
~-s are employed, and when tneY
-. .5ey est mest. AItd-winter will
ness g marked Improvement in beef
.--ss and Z decided reaction il favor Of
l:as
al. Gazette John Bandeen, five miles
=. Il Gal, has twenty acre field Dor
Tin. Oh Dry creek seeded to alfalfa.
- 1sst rear re hiss kept 200 head of
-, eleven head CT cattle and five horses
--.5e product Of this field alone. As
-,it that his stock has thriven, he takes
.ie in showing fine two-year-old tily
4, weighs 1925 pounds. Alfalfa is g
..s.a5.s crop, and can be raised in this
s,..on without irrigation.
Y. John Drew, manager Of the Rock
Chair ranch in C0llingsWorth county,
!. he nail on the head the other day IL
xiv 10 question calling for his opinion
t.le future Of the Panhandle. He said
y..ure intended It for 8 stock farming
--r.rV ana that is what it will be-
51. think any man ought TO come here
.3l III 10 live by farming alone, at least
ms time, but Il he viii combine farm
z snd stock raising he IS bound TO do
T.n As The Judgment of one OF the
rs. efficient ranch managers in the west,
rs 5 significant. 1t indicates that the
-a,epyGient and keen sighted stockmen
t.5see s change ahead in this country
i'm The range system to stock farming.
Tie New York and Texas Lsnd Com
l-y, which OWES the Houston and
i-5st Northern snd International and
Great Northern R3il1oad lands, and the
T.Zss Central r jad have surveying pr
IL, IN The PIHhaudle locating and mark
Il tiei- lands; the general plan is to
a1,t i70m the Tooth meridian as q base
IL, end run lines east and west every
10 miles, establishing section corners.
i;.ste agent, as provided ior by the
ili law adopted by the Twentieth
-.sSlsture, will Join each party eGd
qHl:re report from which the commits
&llsr will classify end value the school
Buds. It's expected that the surveys
made under the auspices OF these two
;,19snies will be adopted by the state,
VII reference to the alternating sections
longing 10 the scnool fund.
Live Stock Journal: At Austin on the
= INST. s charter was filed Of the Fort
hoIs1 Union Stock Yards Company,
ll..a. stock $500 600; inCorporators, j.
!. smith, j. W. Burgess, Il. E. Maddox,
A-;2sn Jones, L. d. Voak, L. B Harold,
&c. Kerens and John c. Brown. As the
punishment OF stock yards al Fort
,bo1l has been & fjregone conclusion
r. some time, the announcement
y Incorporation is 10 surprise.
--s and was purchased one month
sll9' and placed in the hands Of 8 trustee
-., .-Saster ID the company. 1t IS on the
-',,l >.le Of the city, in close proximity
- ~'ee lines OF railroad, and will be con-
-,,.51 with the entire railroad system by
e necessary tracks. The names of the
--yE9oI2tors are well known, aad show
-, he town interest Sad the county
sg-AAen, together with prominent rail
.--- o.l;la-s, have j1iped forces TO ad-
.--.t or Worth froIu 2 trading paint
= ne lfSt-clasS to stock yard center of
:, small Proportions.
1le Dallas correspondent for the Live
WI, ,..i Journal interviewed gentleman
n-y 1sO llst returned from the eastern
~. ana hide markets. His report was
:, sacA as to warrant an sdvance in
Is oy any means-a decline generally
- SD o7er-stocked market. He sold
!. -.g u. 5-eo hides which have been stored
: s2.caso Snd New York for about a
.sl and for less money than the same
; s,.-s Would have brought when shipped
~ Mr.. Brady will henceforth ship
, ~, 20 he mills aud tanneries. The
,, -. ts asked: "Why is it, Mr.. Brady,
=. -deS from native Texas cattle are
-.,.SE Snd command better price on the
- .-'-5. man those cattle from the north
III ga1ges:"
~ 0S' why it is I can't say, but it is
s r,s' n iact, the length of the horn gen
- =. determines the value of the hides.
-, -. texas hides are not near so good as
i 49,. used to be. TIE hides from the
-. .,-.--s districts are not so good as they
~. .-''aer west. AS we approach the
,,55, :, and improved breeds generally,
-. ,'Ss 7'-Qe We attach to the hides, sDd
:. : distinctions are always marked by
: eyefs-st least those whO understand
-. aS.1ess. Texas shipments suffer a
- Se.l ~ the middle buyers. They
i ,Io-oT2do, Wyoming snd Montana
~. g,s win ours, and place them on the
-, -.4e' az Texas hides and the decep-
-. - : 70. discovered until il reaches the
SD. 81 a hundred pound Texas hide
.,,, III cut 10 per cert. more leather
Nv. hundred pound hide from the
~, ~, Thus, You see, l end little or no
-. -.-e II arranging TO ship my hides di-
- ~ tltl ienrer;aS